I noticed on my project 87 gt that the vinyl headliner in it has some seams pulling apart. I don't like the vinyl anyway, so I want to use another type of material. I did a search on the web and found a site that sells material for automotive use. I can't remember what the site was, but the prices I didn't think were bad, surprisingly. Up to around 18 dollars for something fancier than vinyl. When I find it again, I'll post the link.
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OK, the rough filling and sanding is finished on the roof. What I would like to do now is re-fill the drains over the thin layers of fiberglass and bondo. Preferably with a semi-liquid that will be waterproof. Caulk will be too messy, windshield adhesive might work, but I'm thinking about just mixing up another batch of marine resin and brushing it into the rail over the bondo. I wonder will it attack it though? What would you do, marsh?
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I am a little confused at what you're trying to accomplish. From what I think, you had some rust along the cutter and the seam sealer was cracked. So far is that right? So you removed the cracked seam sealer and applied body filler over the cutter. Now you want something to appliy over the filler to make it waterproof. Correct?WJC said:OK, the rough filling and sanding is finished on the roof. What I would like to do now is re-fill the drains over the thin layers of fiberglass and bondo. Preferably with a semi-liquid that will be waterproof. Caulk will be too messy, windshield adhesive might work, but I'm thinking about just mixing up another batch of marine resin and brushing it into the rail over the bondo. I wonder will it attack it though? What would you do, marsh?
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There is a flowable seam sealer made for applications such as this. I would dig out the bondo that's down in the cutter. What filler that needs to be there to cover up the rust pits can stay, hopefully you removed ALL OF THE RUST prior to the bondo. Once the cutter is clean, use a corrosion resistance primer. Once the primer dries, tape off the cutter where you want to seam seal. Flowable seam sealer, well, flows really well and would tend to get messy from time to time. Start off with a little and add as you need.Once the sealer cures, primer over top. In lieu of flowable seam sealer you can get a brushable seam sealer. Same prep, but it won't level itself like the flowable, so it won't look as nice. Flowable is a typically a two part system that would require a special dispensing gun. Where as the brushable comes in a can or toothpaste tube ready to use.
I would use the flowable because I have access to the gun. Brushable is fine though to use.
Gotcha...and here I thought it was going to be expensive, that's affordable if I'm going to be doing my own leak fixes...now I have something else to save up formarshpoprock said:
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